Knowing the day, knowing the world : engaging Amerindian thought in public archaeology /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Green, Lesley, 1967- author.
Imprint:	Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2013]
Description:	xi, 308 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Palicur Indians -- Social life and customs. Palicur Indians -- Antiquities. Indian philosophy -- Brazil -- Amapá (State) Indian cosmology -- Brazil -- Amapá (State) Archaeology and state -- Brazil -- Amapá (State) Antiquities. Archaeology and state. Indian cosmology. Indian philosophy. Manners and customs. Amapá (Brazil : State) -- Social life and customs. Amapá (Brazil : State) -- Antiquities. Brazil -- Amapá (State)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9842401

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Other authors / contributors:	Green, David R., 1964- translator.
ISBN:	9780816530373 (cloth : alk. paper) 0816530378 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Based on more than a decade of research in Palikur lands known as Arukwa in the state of Amapá, Brazil, Knowing the Day, Knowing the World demonstrates both the challenges of comprehending alternative cosmologies and the rich rewards of grappling with Amerindian ways of thinking and knowing"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments and a Note on Authorship
Introduction. "The Things Left in the Ground": Introducing Archaeology to Arukwa
1. "Are You Here?": Personhood, Presence, Knowledges, and Knowing
2. "So Many Stories on This Day-World": History as the Retracing of Tracks
3. Journeys with the Rain Stars: Making Sense of the Moving Cosmos
4. The Curvature of Surfaces: Cartesian Space, the Topology of Palikur Grammar, and Consubjective Space
5. "Reading the Tracks of the Ancestors": Resources for Assembling Times Past
6. The Story Trails of Kwap: Archaeology, Provenance, and an Ecology of Predation
Epilogue. Beyond Matter Set in Space and Time: Engaging Amerindian Thought in Public Archaeology
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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